Dearest Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Dearest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Dearest (220) may also be a first name.
Dearest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dearest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dearest is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dearest? popularity and diffusion
Dearest is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dearest live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dearest is also the 608,246th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 220 people.
Dearest is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Dearest is most frequent in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 25 percent live and South Sudan, where 25 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dearest
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